S III Battery life...

[anon(153966)]

Actually no, I've not bothered to perform a reset as of yet, since it has performed okay thus far. But, if it hiccups again, I will

This is after doing factory reset?

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[bear_lx]

my battery life is good, but not that good... i can get a full day of heavy use, but after that it is pretty much time to charge.
i use my phone a lot though, im guessing you're a light - moderate user.

 

[anon(153966)]

I am a light user. Typically since I'm at my desk and thus on my computer, I perform all social media stuff via the computer, versus using my device.

my battery life is good, but not that good... i can get a full day of heavy use, but after that it is pretty much time to charge.
i use my phone a lot though, im guessing you're a light - moderate user.

 

[Lane L]

Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.

That looks pretty bad to me..I generally get about 18-19 hours with 5-6 hours of screen time.

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Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.

That looks pretty bad to me..I generally get about 18-19 hours with 5-6 hours of screen time.

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[Kelly Kearns]

Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.


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Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.

No, 5-6 hours of screen time is not lite use at all.

 

[Lane L]

Duh.... Sorry. How do you manage to get those times? What brightness and other settings do you use?

 

[Kelly Kearns]

I have power saving mode on and I have my screen at less than 50%, probably about 40-45. I don't use the automatic brightness. I've always liked a brighter screen and when I got this phone, I just turned it down to about 75% only took a few hours to get used to and just kept turning it down.

One thing that can really affect battery life, if you are in a place all day that doesn't have a great signal. Also I keep wifi, bluetooth, GPS etc off and only turn them on if I need them at the moment.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

This is my most recent, didn't screenshot the screen time, but it was right under 6 hours if I remember correctly.

 

[Lane L]

Okay I usually use power saver. And I keep GPS and WIFI on. But my signal is not great about 2 out of 5 bats.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Okay I usually use power saver. And I keep GPS and WIFI on. But my signal is not great about 2 out of 5 bats.

Turning off GPS and wifi should make a big difference.

 

[Lane L]

I use the Wifi at my house. So i just need to remember to turn it off when I leave.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

I use the Wifi at my house. So i just need to remember to turn it off when I leave.

Might want to download AT&T's Smart Wifi, it can record places for you and I think you can set it to basically have the wifi off when you aren't in range of a saved spot.

 

[Lane L]

Hmmm.. Wouldn't that need GPS? I made a trip this afternoon and dropped from 90% to 40ish. But I used navigation, radio, and a few other apps. Half of this was with power saver off... Maybe I am just a heavy user. I really don't want to have to do a factory reset. So far I have "Survived" with my current battery life. But I do a few outdoor activities where a charger is not going to be around. So I want to make sure I am getting the most out of what I've got. P.S. Thanks for all the great advice so far. Sorry for any mistakes. I am a new user here. Also, the last part of the history is when my phone was charging in the car for about 45 minutes.

https://picasaweb.google.com/113715886170481618506/121112?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Don't know how the smart wifi works, but don't think you need GPS. It's a free app, so you should try it and see how it works for you.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.att.android.attsmartwifi

 

[Lane L]

Okay, thank you for your help.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

See if that works, but if it doesn't, turning off wifi and gps except when you use it saves a lot of battery.

 

[mumbo jumbo]

Was on 100% as of about 7am.

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[Lane L]

Looks about like mine.

 

[mark1123]

My battery life has been terrible. What is this 'Media'? It's always sucking up most of my battery. I rarely use media apps.

 

[bevcraw]

My battery life has been terrible. What is this 'Media'? It's always sucking up most of my battery. I rarely use media apps.

It looks like it may be a bug in JB. I'm having the same problem and I found several bug reports filed that describe the problem:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37199